Otto Ludwig Preminger

(December 5, 1906, Vienna, Austria-April 23, 1986, New York, New York). Austrian-American film director. Noted films include Laura (1944), Carmen Jones (1954), Bonjour Tristesse (1958), Anatomy of a Murder (1959), Exodus (1960), and The Cardinal (1963).

Andre Previn

(April 6, 1929, Berlin, Germany-Alive). German-American pianist, composer, and orchestral conductor. Born Andreas Ludwig Priwin. Naturalized U.S. citizen, 1943. Music Director, Houston Symphony Orchestra, 1967-1969. Principal Conductor, London Symphony Orchestra, 1968-1979. Music Director, Pittsburgh Symphony, 1976-1984. Music Director, Los Angeles Philharmonic, 1985-1989. Principal Conductor, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, 1985-1992. Music Director, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, 2002-2006. Married five times, including Mia Farrow and Anne-Sophie Mutter. Received Kennedy Center Honors, 1998. Knight of the British Empire. Received Academy Award for Best Musical Compositions, Gigi (1958), Porgy & Bess (1959), Irma La Douce (1963), and My Fair Lady (1964).

Rabbi Sally Jane Priesand

(June 27, 1946, Cleveland, Ohio-Alive). Reform Jewish Rabbi and First Woman Ordained as a Rabbi in the United States. Ordained Rabbi, Reform Judaism, 1972. Assistant Rabbi and Associate Rabbi, Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, New York, New York, 1972-1979. Rabbi, Temple Beth El, Elizabeth, New Jersey, 1979-1981. Rabbi, Monmouth Reform Temple, Tinton Falls, New Jersey, 1981-2006.

Ilya Prigogine

(January 24, 1917, Moscow, Russia-May 28, 2003, Brussels, Belgium). Russian-Belgian physicist and chemist. Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1977. Named Viscount by the King of Belgium, 1989.

Harold Smith "Hal" Prince

(January 30, 1928, New York, New York-Alive). American theatrical producer and director. Received 21 Tony Awards. His works are known for their political context, new approach to romance, and characters who sing and dance with thematic import. Plays include The Pajama Game (1954); West Side Story (1957); Fiorello! (1959); Fiddler on the Roof (1964); Cabaret (1966); Sweeney Todd (1979); Evita (1979); and Phantom of the Opera (1988).

Stanley B. Prusiner

(May 28, 1942, Des Moines, Iowa-Alive). American Professor of Neurology and Biochemistry. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1997. Discovered prions.

Joseph Pulitzer

(April 18, 1847, Mako, Hungary-October 29, 1911, Charleston, South Carolina). Hungarian-American newspaper publisher. Owner and Publisher, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1878-1911. Owner of a large chain of newspapers, including the New York World. Promoted a brand of populist reporting and muckraking known as "yellow journalism." U.S. Representative (D-NY), 1885-1886. Endowed Columbia University and the Pulitzer Prizes.